Man robbed at gunpoint near Aquarius Motel, report states

A Google Map Street View image of the Aquarius Motel, near where the victim was allegedly robbed.

MYRTLE BEACH, SC (WMBF) – A 48-year-old man reported to police that three suspects robbed him at gunpoint Friday night as he was walking near 12th Avenue North and Mr. Joe White Avenue.

According to a Myrtle Beach Police report, the victim told police that just before midnight Friday, he was walking from his room at the Aquarius Motel, located at 300 12th Avenue North, towards Mr. Joe White Avenue. Three suspects, one brandishing a black pistol, surrounded him and took about $250 in cash, the victim said.

The victim said one of the suspects lived in the Aquarius Motel, but did not know his name or which room he lived in. The victim was "extremely hostile," according to the report, and made several threatening remarks about the suspect.

The victim was taken to the Myrtle Beach Police Department to speak to detectives, the report states. Officers patrolled the area, but were unable to locate the suspects.

Fire crews battled two-story house fire at 3293 West Highway 76 Monday morning. According to an online post from the Marion Rural Fire Department, the first crews on scene reported light smoke coming from the house.

Fire crews battled two-story house fire at 3293 West Highway 76 Monday morning. According to an online post from the Marion Rural Fire Department, the first crews on scene reported light smoke coming from the house.

The trailer was stolen between March 4 and March 6 from Cooper Construction (Source: HCPD Facebook)

The trailer was stolen between March 4 and March 6 from Cooper Construction (Source: HCPD Facebook)

The Horry County Police Department is seeking the public’s assistance in locating a stolen construction trailer. According to an online posting from HCPD, the trailer was stolen between March 4 and March 6 from Cooper Construction on Highway 90 in Longs.

The Horry County Police Department is seeking the public’s assistance in locating a stolen construction trailer. According to an online posting from HCPD, the trailer was stolen between March 4 and March 6 from Cooper Construction on Highway 90 in Longs.

Authorities say a missing Pennsylvania teenager and a 45-year-old man who frequently signed her out of school without her parents' permission have been located in Mexico, and the man has been arrested.

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(AP Photo/Jennifer Kay). Six crosses are placed at a makeshift memorial on the Florida International University campus in Miami on Saturday, March 17, 2018, near the scene of a pedestrian bridge collapse that killed at least six people on March 15.

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(Joe Ahlquist/The Rochester Post-Bulletin via AP). Emergency personnel respond to the scene of a fatal stabbing Saturday, March 17, 2018, at the Salvation Army Castleview Residence in downtown Rochester, Minn. Police have arrested a man in the multiple...

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Conway parents were arrested for unlawful neglect of a child after their baby was allegedly thrown from his car seat, according to a police report from Horry County Police. 20-year-old Juliana Biggerstaff and 22-year-old Jacob Lowman were arrested on Thursday after a complainant called police. Officers responded to a residence on Woodwinds Drive in Conway on March 14. Upon arrival, officers located a baby boy with a “visible injury to the top of his h...

Conway parents were arrested for unlawful neglect of a child after their baby was allegedly thrown from his car seat, according to a police report from Horry County Police. 20-year-old Juliana Biggerstaff and 22-year-old Jacob Lowman were arrested on Thursday after a complainant called police. Officers responded to a residence on Woodwinds Drive in Conway on March 14. Upon arrival, officers located a baby boy with a “visible injury to the top of his h...